Blogger update….

It’s Summer (as of 6/20/08) and here’s what’s going on in my life.

Several things are Missing In Action. A burgeoning stock market, George Carlin (died 6/22/08), and me in 3 days.

We’re leaving on vacation for our great western trip on Wednesday, 6/25. I haven’t decided if we’re leaving right at 5pm after work or if I’ll try to get some sleep and leave around midnight. We’ll be gone for 11 days and I’ll knock off more of my list than ever before. Mostly with states visited. I will be without TV or computer for the whole time so I will try to update the blog when I get back with some cool photos.

As far as the kids go, Parker has finally come around to working hard at Karate.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to present him with his first belt at the end of the month.

Emma is growing up faster and faster. She waved ‘hi’ for the first time today and is ever mugging for the camera.

More updates to come!

How Sunshine, Kobolds, and Transvestites will change your life.

a.k.a. #915 Complete a 7-day Positive Mental Diet (Positive only for 7 days)

True Joy of Life
This is the true joy of life.
The being used for a purpose
Recognized by yourself as a mighty one.
The being a force of nature
Instead of a feverish, selfish
Little clod of ailments and grievances
Complaining that the world will not
Devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life
Belongs to the whole community
And as long as I live,
It is my privilege to do for it
Whatever I can.
I want to be thoroughly
Used up when I die,
For the harder I work the more I live.
I rejoice in life for its own sake.
Life is no brief candle to me.
It is a sort of splendid torch
Which I've got hold of
For the moment
And I want to make it burn
As brightly as possible before
Handling it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw

This poem sums up the reasoning behind the

List and, at the same time, segues into this month’s Blog subject. #915 Complete a 7-day positive mental diet.

I saw this challenge on someone’s blog site once and, in the rush to fill in my 1000 things to do before I die, I threw it on the list. The idea is simple. Just be a positive person only for 1 week. Easy, right? Wrong. I challenged all of my friends to be positive with me starting June 1 (Also completing #914 Mark off list day) and it took all of 24 hours for me to fail. When I got to work on Monday, I of course fell back into my cynical ways. Not to be daunted, I admitted my failure at lunch and began again. Only to last 48 hours. By T

hursday at noon, I had failed three times. I set off again with a renewed song in my heart and sunshine blowing out my a$$. So far, 5 days into my week, I’m still positive. And that’s even more of an accomplishment because today is my birthday!

I have a lot to be happy about today. I’ll be dining with the family tonight and plotting a session of Kobolds ate my Baby!

What more could a guy ask for? Because this experience of the positive diet has been so eye opening, I challenge each of you out there to do so as well.

P.S. This entry into my blog completes my June requirement for #525 also.

P.S.S. I went to see Eddie Izzard and was a little disappointed. I’ll continue to listen to his stuff but he needs to keep doing what he does best and stop being political. He can't even vote after all.